28Monastery of San Salvador de Celanova

Celanova · Galicia

A great Benedictine monastery founded by Saint Rudesind, which keeps in its garden the Mozarabic chapel of San Miguel, from the 10th century, one of the oldest and most moving pre-Romanesque jewels in Galicia. Imposing Baroque church and choir stall.

Chronology and style

Founded in 936 · Benedictine · Pre-Romanesque (Mozarabic) and Baroque